Proverbs 1:8 meaning and explanation
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Proverbs 1:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 1:8 is a father's appeal to his son, and it opens the extended teaching section of the book after the introduction in verses 1 to 7. The speaker is a parent, probably a teacher in the wisdom tradition, addressing "my son," a student.
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